Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area 3,384
Population, 1934 (Registrar-General's Estimate) 61,692
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1934) 16,090
Rateable Value (1934) £737,950
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £2,973
Live Births: | Total. | Males. | Females. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | 683 | 355 | 328 | |
Illegitimate | 29 | 20 | 9 | |
Birth rate, 11.54 per 1,000 estimated resident population. | ||||
Total. | Males. | Females. | ||
Stillbirths | 29 | 11 | 18 | |
Rate, 39.14 per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | ||||
Total. | Males. | Females. | ||
Deaths | 658 | 285 | 373 | |
Death rate, 10.67 per 1,000 estimated resident population. Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and child birth:— | ||||
From sepsis | 1 | |||
From other causes | 1 | |||
Death-rate of Infants under one year of age:— All infants per 1,000 live births— | ||||
Excluding Institution children | 40.73 | |||
Including Institution children | 58.99 | |||
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 46.85 | |||
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 344.83 | |||
Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 1 | |||
Deaths from Whooping-cough (all ages) | 13 | |||
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 4 |